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Frankism characterizes the "Virgin" using elements of the Esther stories [28] and is strongly influenced by the Marian cult surrounding the Black Madonna of Częstochowa. He claimed that the Black Madonna would lead his followers to the Frankist "Virgin" (Shechinah) and therefore presented baptism as a necessary step.
Illustration of Sabbatai Tzvi from 1906 (Joods Historisch Museum)The Sabbateans (or Sabbatians) were a variety of Jewish followers, disciples, and believers in Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), [1] [2] [3] an Ottoman Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who was proclaimed to be the Jewish Messiah in 1666 by Nathan of Gaza.
Jacob Frank is believed to have been born as Jakub Lejbowicz [6] to a Jewish family in Korołówka, in Podolia of Eastern Poland (now in Ukraine), in about 1726.The Polish historian Gaudenty Pikulski affirmed that Frank was born in Buchach [9] and Agnon even showed the house where he was born was located on Korołówka street in Buchach. [10]
[25] Taking its name from Marx's Opium of the people statement about religion, the book claims to trace the roots and offshoots of Sabbatean, Frankist, and Illuminati groups and their interrelationships in regard to the origin of Marxist, Communist, and geopolitical and financial forces that have been aimed at destroying religion, particularly ...
Frankists (Judaism), a Sabbatean sect of the 18th and 19th centuries, followers of Jacob Frank Frankists (Croatia) , a Croatian political grouping of the 20th century, followers of Josip Frank Topics referred to by the same term
Eve Frank or Eva Frank (1754 – 1816 or 1817) [1] [2] born Rachel Frank in Nikopol, Ottoman Empire (now Bulgaria), [1] was a mystic cult leader, and the only woman to have been declared a Jewish messiah according to historian Jerry Rabow. She was the daughter of Jacob Frank.
Outwardly Muslims and secretly Sabbatean Jews, the Dönme observed Muslim holidays like Ramadan but also kept Shabbat, practiced brit milah, and celebrated Jewish holidays. [4] Much of Dönme ritual was a combination of various elements of Kabbalah, Sabbateanism, Jewish traditional law and Sufism. [21] Dönme liturgy evolved as the sect grew ...
Sabbatai Zevi [a] (August 1, 1626 – c. September 17, 1676) [1] was an Ottoman Jewish mystic, and ordained rabbi from Smyrna (now İzmir, Turkey). [2] [3] His family origins may have been Ashkenazi or Spanish.